Soviet Western Front

The Western Front was a front of the Soviet Red Army which existed from 22 June 1941 to 24 April 1944. The Western Front took part in the major battles of early World War II, fighting against Nazi Germany in Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia; Dmitry Pavlov, its first commander, was executed in 1941, and Georgy Zhukov would become the new head of the Red Army's largest front. In 1944, the front was divided into the 2nd Belorussian Front and the 3rd Belorussian Front for Operation Bagration.